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Proactive marketing for the new and experienced library director : going beyond the gate count /

Academic libraries have continually looked for technological solutions to low circulation statistics, under-usage by students and faculty, and what is perceived as a crisis in relevance, seeing themselves in competition with Google and Wikipedia. Academic libraries, however, are as relevant as they...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Goldsmith, Melissa Ursula Dawn (Autor), Fonseca, Anthony J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Kidlington, United Kingdom : Chandos Publishing, 2014.
Colección:Chandos information professional series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Academic libraries have continually looked for technological solutions to low circulation statistics, under-usage by students and faculty, and what is perceived as a crisis in relevance, seeing themselves in competition with Google and Wikipedia. Academic libraries, however, are as relevant as they have been historically, as their primary functions within their university missions have not changed, but merely evolved. Going beyond the Gate Count argues that the problem is not relevance, but marketing and articulation. This book offers theoretical reasoning and practical advice to directors on.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (217 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781780634685
1780634684